Of course the Orlando shooting will be politicized.

[HassleCat]

I guess it would be nice if it could be avoided, but there are too many public policies involved to let them go by. Gun control, national security, immigration and religion are those that come immediately to mind. When 50 people are gunned down in cold blood, we have to consider what to do about it. Of course, most of the political discussion will be crass and unproductive, and that's the part we hate, all the usual suspects stepping in front of the TV camera to tell us they were right, and we should have listened to them, and it's all the fault of (insert opponent here).

[pipoman]

1. Too late....we are already there.

[HereSince1628]

2. It will also be inevitably -pathologized-

[SoCalNative]

3. It should be politicized

Politicized that even with the gains they have made, LGBT people are still targeted by extremists of all stripes, and further education and protections are needed.

[pscot]

4. There are a hundred threads on Skinner's other site

gloating over the fact that Mateen was a registered Democrat. Browsing that site is like handling snakes.

[Odin2005]

5. Every group is using this tragedy to push their political agendas and it is disgusting.

All the Islamophobic bigots on the Right are screaming "ROUND UP AND DEPORT ALL THE MUSLIMS" and the authoritarians on the Left are screaming "TAKE AWAY EVERYONE'S GUNS LIKE IN AUSTRALIA". It is nauseating.